Proverbs 17:8
"A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth."
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- Exodus 23:8
"And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous."
Read in chapter → - Micah 7:3
"That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 1:23
"Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them."
Read in chapter → - Deuteronomy 16:19
"Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous."
Read in chapter → - Amos 5:12
"For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right."
Read in chapter → - 1 Samuel 25:35
"So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 21:14
"A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 17:23
"A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment."
Read in chapter → - 2 Samuel 16:1
"And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine."
Read in chapter → - Genesis 33:9
"And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself."
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